Iraqi prisoners in an American military camp are having a bit of fun with the soldiers running the joint. That’s because those soldiers are actually from the Wisconsin National Guard, and therefore diehard Packers fans.
“They know Favre by name,” said First Lieutenant Tim Boehnen, who is from New Richmond, Wis.
“One of the big words they know now is shenanigan. They’ll constantly talk about ‘Favre shenanigans,’ ‘He’s so good for the Vikings,’ and ‘The Packers have got to really feel bad about that one.’”
Even if it is just good-natured bit of prisoner-to-guy-holding-a-machine-gun ribbing, it’s nothing that a quick car battery to the testicles won’t fix. I can just see Aaron Rodgers now, standing over a pile of naked bodies, smoking a cigarette while pointing the double six-shooters. Actually, I was talking about the Packers’ season. But I like the way you’re thinking. –620 WTMJ, via KSK.
Here’s some wonderfully shot video of Green Bay Packers fans watching the closing minutes of yesterday’s Ravens-Vikings game. Keep in mind that the Packers JUST finished blowing out Detroit, which was a conquest gleefully ignored by the Packer Backers as a captive watering hole collectively watched Baltimore come back to potentially hand Minnesota their first loss of the season. And the game eventually came down to a 44-yard field goal attempt by Ravens kicker Steve Hauschka. If he makes it, the Ravens win and Favre loses. The reactions, all around, are priceless.
Brett Favre’s much-ballyhooed game against his former team finally happened last night, and the steady offensive output of both the Vikings and Packers, combined with Favre’s remarkable command under center, came rather close to justifying the hype. Favre threw for 384 yards and 3 TDs while completing 77 percent of his passes, leading Minnesota to a 30-23 win and their first 4-0 start since 2003. One source went as far as to claim that Favre was just having fun out there.
“My statement has been what I’ve done over my career,” Favre said. “One game does not define my career good or bad. I know what I’ve done. I’m proud of what I’ve done. I know I can play. I wanted to do what it takes to win.” via.
Green Bay was successful in shutting down the hexagonally-skinned Adrian Peterson, who only ran for 55 yards on the day and even had a ball wrenched out of his hands by Green Bay’s Clay Matthews, who ran it back for a touchdown. But it one of the better MNF games in some time, and hopefully we won’t hear much about Favre until the end of the week. Hear more about who? Exactly.
When asked about why he spent so much of last Sunday’s game against the Bengals on his back, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said that the offensive game plan called for too many players to stay in and block. So Rodgers was sacked five times because there were too many blockers? Makes perfect sense.
“I think one of the things that happened last week was because of struggles (in protection) in Week 1, we’ve kept more guys in (to block),” Rodgers said. “Our backs were staying in a little bit longer, and so our stuff was all down the field because we didn’t have any of our check downs out.
“The push, hopefully, this is week is, ‘Hey you guys got to hold up up front.’ We need more options underneath the coverage. When they’re dropping off so far, you need some check downs.” via, via.
One of the reasons Tom Brady had been so dominant is that his offense has never had to go to “max protect,” they can block most blitzing schemes with their line and maybe one back, which gives Brady more options to throw to. Same with Peyton Manning. There’s a reason that everyone that’s not a Colts fan hates Dallas Clark.
Bengals wideout Chad Ochocinco actually scored in Cincinnati’s win over Green Bay yesterday, burying both the promise of the Packers’ offense and my chances in the With Leather suicide pool. But Ochocinco said that he’d execute the famed “Lambeau Leap” if he found the endzone Sunday, and execute he did.
We’re looking for a sharper image, but even here you can make out the enterprising young Packers’ fan who decided to send a message to the rest of the football-watching world. It’s good to know that some people out there will tell you that you’re No. 1. It’s pretty tame compared to what he could have done, but I appreciate the fact that he came up with something on the fly. I’m a sucker for improv.
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Seriously, if I wanted to sing about the exploits of ignorant people that don’t seem capable of accomplishing anything, I would have had a kid. But Chad Nacho Pinko is back at it, defying the collectivity of what may very well be the worst excuse for a “team” in the National Football League. No-Show and the Bengals are heading to Green Bay this Sunday, and he’s already thinking about celebrating that touchdown that he probably won’t score:
If he scores on Sunday, Chad Ochocinco says he’s going to do the Lambeau Leap, and that it won’t be a disrespectful display, rather, he’d like Packers fans to embrace him. via.
If he scores, which is like saying “if Michael Jackson comes back from the dead,” which, come to think, would be totally awesome. It’s about time they made a sequel to that “Thriller” video, anyway…I can’t be the first person to have made that comment…
